Furniture leg and mounting means therefor



Sept. 11, 1956 D. B. CANTWELL FURNITURE LEG AND MOUNTING MEANS THEREFOR Filed Dec. 14, 1953 Fla .5.

/ TTOR/VE Y United States Patent FURNITURE LEG A'ND MOUNTING MEANS THEREFOR David B. Cantwell, Daly City, Calif.

Application December 14, 1953, Serial No. 397,993

1 Claim. (Cl. 31'1-'111) The instant invention is concerned with leg structures for articles of furniture, e. g., table legs, and relates more particularly to an improved leg structure which enables the easy manufacture or assembly of a leg of the desired length while providing certain additional features in such a leg construction.

It is a general object of the invention to provide a furniture leg structure and mounting means therefor which can be constructed from standard parts in units of varying lengths.

It is another object of the invention to provide a leg structure which has means for attaching the leg securely to a table or the like or to a leg of the table to which it is to be attached.

Another object of the invention is to provide a leg structure which is adjustable to an uneven floor condition and which can be secured in place if desired to prevent movement of a table or desk with respect to the floor.

Other objects and advantages of the invention will be apparent from the following description of a preferred embodiment thereof, as illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which:

Figure 1 is an elevational view of the leg structure as attached to a table structure, illustrated in phantom lines.

Figure 2 is a vertical sectional view through the table leg.

Figure 3 is a top plan view of the leg.

Figure 4 is an elevational view showing a modified way of attaching the leg to the table.

Figure 5 illustrates a further modified method of attachment of the leg to the table structure.

Referring to the invention, the leg structure and mounting means of my invention consists essentially of a bracket or upper piece adapted to be secured to a table or similar structure, a cylindrical leg member of the desired length connected to the bracket piece and adapted to adjustably receive a foot piece which may be secured to the floor.

Referring to Figures 1, 2 and 3, the leg structure includes a body member which is of standard tubular construction and includes a pressed-in tubular insert 11 which is internally threaded and rests against a shoulder 12 at the upper end of the counter-bored portion 13 of the tube. The upper end of the tube 10 receives a pressfitted tubular extension or boss 16 of a bracket 17, the

bracket having a flange 18 provided with apertures 19 for receiving fastening screws 21. The bracket 17 also has a cylindrical extension or boss 22 projecting into a recess of the table structure 23 to provide a strong connection thereto, this extension 22 having an aperture 24 through which a lag screw can be inserted in the table structure if desired. At the lower end of the table leg construction, a foot piece 26 is provided which is externally threaded to engage within the insert 11 and has a recess 27 in its upper end which is connected with the bottom of the foot piece by an aperture 28 adapted to receive a fastening screw 29 by which it can be secured to the floor, and still enable rotative adjustment of the foot piece 26 to an uneven floor condition.

It will be apparent from the above description that the tubular member or body member 10 of the leg can be made of any desired length in accordance with the particular type of table with which it is to be employed. It is also apparent that various pieces of the table leg structure lend themselves to mass production methods and to stocking of standard parts for assembly to obtain table legs of varying lengths.

With respect to Figure 4, a construction is shown in which the flange 18 is secured by a plurality of welds 31 to a metal portion 32 of the table structure. Figure 5 illustrates a construction in which bolts 33 are used in conjunction with the table leg to secure it in place.

While I have shown certain preferred embodiments of the invention, it will be apparent that the invention is capable of modifications from the form shown, and should be limited only by the scope of the claim appended hereto.

I claim:

A furniture leg construction comprising a member having a flange for abutting engagement with a surface of an article of furniture and having a first boss disposed centrally of and projecting beyond said flange in a direction for reception within a mating recess of said surface, said first boss being apertured, a second boss projecting from said flange in the opposite direction to said first boss and being of greater diameter than said first boss and having an aperture a portion of which is of greater diameter than the aperture of said first boss, a cylindrical leg member secured to said second boss and extending downwardly therefrom, the apertures in said first and second bosses being adapted to receive a lag screw with the head of the lag screw disposed in said portion of the aperture of said second boss.

References Cited in the file of this patent UNITED STATES PATENTS 516,679 Giller Mar. 20, 1894 646,781 Wyatt Apr. 3, 1900 908,487 Nail Jan. 5, 1909 950,691 Firth Mar. 1, 1910 1,342,951 Gagne June 8, 1920 1,675,827 Shrader July 3, 1928 1,934,746 Stroddard Nov. 14, 1933 2,327,050 Kotler Aug. 17, 1943 

